The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-29
ATraln Dashss Through Crowd at
a Crossing.
One Lady Thrown Several Feet and
Fatally Injured.
The Reckless Engineer Barely Es-
capss a Lynching.
A Virginia Blood Murders His Sue
cessfuI Rival.
A Kansas Man Lassosd and Robbed
of $500.

Baltimore & Ohio train plowed at full
speed through the crowd boarding the
Illinois suburban train at Van Buren,
Station last evening. Fully 200 people
were thrOnging the tracks at the time,
and without q whistle or a note of
warning the train was upon them. In
an Instant Miss Lottie LaunderVille
was thrown through the air distance
of twenty feet and fatally injured. I'm
mediately after the accident the Bali
more & Ohio train backed up, and had
barely stopped when the cab was board
ed by an Infatuated crowd of persons
who had narrowly escaped death. The
engineer was roughly seized and cries
shouted from hundreds of threats, but
just in time to prevent the crowd from
executing its threats, two Central Off
GERS and detail of police arrived and
rescued the covering man from the
throng of avengers. The engineer was
quickly spirited away.
A TRAIN sMAsH-UP.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.-This morning
a collision occurred on the Cincinnati
Northern railroad, now known as the
Ohio & Northwestern road, at point
three and one-half miles beyond Idle
wild station. The Montgomery accom-
mediation coming south and the outgo-
ing passenger train going north met at
were wrecked. Mrs. Proctor, living at
South Norwood, and Mrs. Ringgold
were fatally injured; Engineer ElwoOd
Collins had an ankle broken by jump
ing; Engineer Geo. Glasgow, a leg
broken: Edward Sickeye, d passenger,
q badly mashed foot; Charles Barber, a
passenger, was injured about his face.
CoLLIDED WITH WORK TRAIN.
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. ga Sc
rious accident occurred yesterday on
the Cherokee q Dakota branch OF the
Illinois Central, which is just being
completed through this place. A train
loaded with supplies, when about ten
miles west of this place, collided with a
work train which had on board about
two hundred laborers. The collision
occurred just at the end of a long
bridge. Fireman Geo. Davis of Chero-
kee died from the effects of his injuries.
Engineer Caffel is in a critical condi-
ton, having received severe injuries in
the spine and internally. Many of the
laborers were slightly injured.
Quilted BY FIRE.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. pa fire broke
out in the millinery and furnishing
store of s. l.. Fleishman q Co., sos
Market street shortly before ! O'Clock
this morning. The flames had gained
considerable Roadway when discovered
and before they could be controlled the
double four story structure together
with the adjoining five story building
of Geager & Co., toy dealers, No. sos
Market street, were completely Quilted.
During the progress of the fire, fremen
Gus Datle, Emil Spahr and Scott Ward
were injured. Datle and Spahr were
buried under the debris Of falling
floor and were severely burned
and bruised. Ward was over
come by smoke and fell
from ladder. His condition is serious.
The losses are: Geager & Co., stock and
building, 900, insurance $40, 900;
Flusching & Co., stock $50, 900, insur-
ance S5l 800; building owned by Hocke
Rosenbaum q Co., millinery establish
ment adjoining Geager s. Co., damage
to stock in cellar by water Sl5, 900,
fully insured. The fire is supposed to
have caught from a lighted cigar stump
carelessly thrown into the rubbish in
the cellar of Fluschman & Co.
MURDERED HIS RIVAL.
LYNCHBuRG, Va, Dec. 2.-An ad-
vance special says Napoleon b.
Templeton was murdered yesterday by
George Adams in the road near Estill-
vile. Both were young men of the
best families and jealousy was the
cause of the murder. Templeton
married the girl both were counting
and Adams determined to have re-
venge and meeting Templeton yester-
day he drew pistol and without say
ing a word shot him between the eyes
killing him instantly. The murderer
escaped, but a sheriff's posse are after
hun.
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.
ROCHESTER,, Dec. 21.-Shortly be
fore 2:30 O'Clock this afternoon ter
rife explosion occurred in front of thu
Pool Hour mill on Mill street
at the foot of Factory street
The explosion was felt for long dis
lance. Only a few seconds after thu
first explosion another followed, an
other, and another in rapid succession
Instantly flames burst from the Poo
mill, ard the rear walls fell in. Tn
fire burned with great fury, and al
though the workmen fastened to ge
out, 1t is feared some must have per
ished in the flames. II was only few
minutes before the Washington mill
adjoining the burning structure, wa
on fire. One of the wOrkmen J1mpe'
Pool mill, and is seriously injured
The cause of the explosion was tina
the sewers in the vicinity were fillet
with naptha. To-day IA, 900 gallons o
naptha were pumped from the vacuum
oil works through the pipe line in tn
bed of the old canal. 1t was intended
for the Municipal Gas Company, bu
the naptha to escape into the adjoining
sewers, when the sewers becam
charged with the gas. 1t escaped int
the mills and exploded there or else
where, and the fire mad
its way through the main
in the middle of the street
covers and tearing up the roadway 70
a distance of about three-fourths of
mile. People were running in ever
direction and the frequent explosion
terrified them. 1t is not known hoy
many persons were at work or hoy
many escaped. The walls of the JET
it is feared there are several me
buried under them. The engineer c
the Clinton mill and two companion
were standing near the front of tn
mill when the explosion occurred
They retained sufficient presenC
of mind to shut OFF tn
the mill. at the time Of writing. II 3
the fire is under control. The e.
plosions ceased about $50 o'clock, ar
no more danger is apprehended fro
them. Windows were shattered
many buildings and the shock W;
felt over large area. The fire mu
have extended q distance of sever
hundred feet. The killed SO far a
Fred Wilson and Z. a. WebstG
John Lee, employed at the PeoBle
mill, has not been accounted for and
is thought that he is dead in t
ruins.
TOO MUCH PINE TOP ABOARD.
MI. STERLING, KY, Dec. 2I.-Y,
terday evening four persons were kill
at the crossing of the Newport News
Mississippi Valley Railroad and \
Sterling and Owingsville turmoil
Ernest Stone and Dudley MAYS.
Owingsville, who had been attends
court, got into carriage with two /
gro women. All were intoxicat.
When they reached the CROSSING III
paid no attention to a coming ira
The engineer was unable to see the
and the carriage was driven direc
IN front Of the engine. One of
men and one woman were Kill